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Ms. Theresia Gouw Ranzetta serves as a Managing Partner and General Partner at Accel Partners and has been a Partner since 2000. Ms. Ranzetta serves as Special Advisor of Accel-KKR LLC. Ms. Ranzetta joined the Accel in 1999 and focuses primarily on internet and software investments. Ms. Ranzetta focuses on Internet and software investments with specific interest in social commerce and consumer internet, mobile applications, vertical search, media, online media, advertising, ... and security. She was responsible for several of Accel's investments which have had successful acquisition or IPO exits including AdECN (MSFT), CRS Retail Systems (EPIC), Interlace Systems (ORCL), Kosmix (WMT), PeopleSupport (PSPT), and Zimbra (YHOO);and was part of the Walmart.com (WMT) investment team. Prior to Accel Partners, Ms. Ranzetta served as a Founding Vice President of Business Development and Sales at Release Software. She worked in the computer and communications industries since 1980 as an entrepreneur, cp, Inc., Glam Media Inc., LearnVest, Inc., Kosmix, Wetpaint, WebCohort, and Jasper Design Automation, Inc. She serves as Director of ForeScout Technologies, Inc. She has been a Director of Imperva Inc. since May 2002, Webroot Inc. (alternate name is Webroot Software, Inc.) since August 17, 2010 and Wetpaint.com, Inc. since January 2007. She served as an Independent Director of Trulia, Inc. from December 2005 to February 17, 2015. She serves as a Trustee on Brown University's Corporation Board and has contributed to Fortune.com, The NYTimes, and The Wall Street Journal and appeared on CNBC’s Women in Power series Venture Capitalist Superstar. She served as a Director of Mode Media Corporation (formerly Glam Media, Inc.) and Xoopit Inc. Ms. Ranzetta served on the Board of Directors of True Ultimate Standards Everywhere, Inc., Aceva Technologies, Inc., Tradia, Andale, Inc., Interlace Systems Inc. and Found Inc. Ms. Ranzetta holds a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Brown University, magna cum laude.

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